Film and Media Studies

Admission reality

Cherrypicker does not estimate anyone’s chance of admission, and never will. Historical outcomes are context, not a prediction.

Planning reality

Counts over the courses ASSIST maps for this pathway. Every figure is a plain count with one definition — there is no score or ranking here.

• 23Mapped preparation courses
• 14Scheduled Fall 2026
• 9With open seats reported
• 19Current sections

Sections offered at Foothill College this term for the courses listed in this agreement. Open one to see instructors, meeting times and CRNs.

Not scheduled at Foothill College this term: MDIA 1H, MUS 2D, ENGL 40, ENGL 12, ENGL 31, PHIL 7, PHIL 20B, ANTH 6, HIST 3C. A course can still be part of the requirement and offered in a later quarter.

Enrollment availability changes frequently. Confirm status in the official FHDA registration system before enrolling.

Where this path usually starts

Ranked by how central each course is to the agreement — whether it is the only option for a requirement, how many requirements it covers, and whether it is running now. This is Cherrypicker’s ordering of published requirements, not advice about your situation, and it does not know your transcript.

1. ENGL 12African American LiteratureNot currently offered
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • Counts toward 2 separate requirements.
   • Not scheduled this term — plan it for a later quarter.
2. HIST 17BHistory of the United States from 1812 to 1914Open
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 3 seats reported this term.
3. HIST 17CHistory of the United States from 1914 to the PresentOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 19 seats reported this term.
4. HIST 18Introduction to Middle Eastern CivilizationOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 9 seats reported this term.
5. MUS 1Introduction to MusicOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 6 seats reported this term.
6. PHIL 4Introduction to PhilosophyOpen
   • The only course ASSIST lists for one of this major's requirements.
   • 14 seats reported this term.

Things to watch

Derived from this agreement and the current class data — not generic advice.

Major preparation

Left: what UC Santa Barbara requires. Right: the Foothill College course or courses ASSIST accepts for it. Alternatives are labelled or; courses joined by + are all required together.

• FAMST 46

  Introduction to Cinema

  • MDIA 1

    Introduction to Film Studies

  • or
    MDIA 1H

    Honors Introduction to Film Studies

• FAMST 70

  Media Criticism

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• FAMST 96

  Advanced Film Analysis

  This course must be taken at the university after transfer

• ARTHI 6C

  Art Survey III: Modern-Contemporary Art

  • ART 2C

    History of Western Art From the Baroque to Impressionism

• ARTHI 6G

  Survey: History of Photography

  • PHOT 10

    History of Photography

  • or
    PHOT 10H

    Honors History of Photography

• BL ST 14

  The History of Jazz

  No Course Articulated

• DANCE 45

  History and Appreciation of Dance

  • DANC 10

    Topics in Dance History

• MUS 15

  Music Appreciation

  • MUS 1

    Introduction to Music

• MUS 17

  World Music

  • MUS 2D

    World Music: Roots to Contemporary Global Fusion

• AS AM 5

  Introduction to Asian American Literature

  • ENGL 40

    Asian American Literature

• BL ST 38A

  Introduction to African-American Literature (Part I)

  • ENGL 12

    African American Literature

• ENGL 50

  Introduction to Comparative Ethnic Literatures

  • ENGL 12

    African American Literature

  • or
    ENGL 31

    Latino/a Literature

• PHIL 3

  Critical Thinking

  • PHIL 7

    Introduction to Symbolic Logic

• AS AM 1

  Introduction to Asian American History, 1850-Present

  • ETHN 5

    Introduction to Asian American Studies

• CH ST 1A

  Introduction to Chicano/a Studies

  • ETHN 3

    Introduction to Latinx Studies

• HIST 46B

  The Middle East: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present

  • HIST 18

    Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilization

• PHIL 20C

  History of Philosophy

  • PHIL 20B

    History of Western Philosophy from the Rennissance Through Kant

• BL ST 3

  Introduction to African Studies

  • ANTH 6

    Perspectives From Africa

• HIST 4C

  Modern Europe

  • HIST 4C

    History of Western Civilization: 1789-Present

• HIST 2C

  World History

  • HIST 3C

    World History from 1750 CE to the Present

• BL ST 1

  Introduction to African-American Studies

  This Course is Never Articulated

• PHIL 1

  Short Introduction to Philosophy

  • PHIL 4

    Introduction to Philosophy

• HIST 17B

  The American People

  • HIST 17B

    History of the United States from 1812 to 1914

• HIST 17C

  The American People

  • HIST 17C

    History of the United States from 1914 to the Present

• PHIL 4

  Introduction to Ethics

  • PHIL 8

    Ethics

Agreement year 2025-26, captured from ASSIST. Verify against the official agreement and confirm with a counselor before making transfer decisions.

The other FHDA college

De Anza College has its own ASSIST agreement for this major. It is a separate agreement with its own courses and its own source — not an extension of the Foothill College one, and the two are never combined on this page.

Whether a course taken at one college satisfies the other college’s requirements is a separate question from articulation. Confirm with a counselor before relying on it.

Other UC Santa Barbara majors from Foothill

• Actuarial ScienceFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• AnthropologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Archaeology EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Biological EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Anthropology, B.A. - Cultural EmphasisFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Applied MathematicsFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• Aquatic BiologyFoothill → UC Santa Barbara
• ArtFoothill → UC Santa Barbara

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